Saturday: 140th Street marsh is no longer a marsh, a real downer, but birds there included Willow Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and a Loggerhead Shrike near the west gate. Bank Swallows are nesting nearby on Connelly. A Kestrel was sitting with his head sticking out of a box along the road at the 180th Street marsh.
Sunday: Birding at Louisville Swamp is not recommended without long sleeves and concentrated DEET. The swarms were so thick that I actually had one between the binoculars and my eye. Lots of Indigo Buntings and Brown Thrashers. I found Blue-winged Warblers, Orchard Oriole, a Prothonatory Warbler, I did NOT find a Blue Grosbeak, Kentucky Warbler, or Hooded Warbler (reported south of parking lot near ruined farmstead). Near the ruins I found a Common Yellowthroat singing a song that was not close to any song I have ever heard from them. Elsewhere in Scott County I found Black Tern and a Western Meadowlark. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net